Charles Uwakwe, the NECO registrar, disclosed this on Tuesday at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger state.

He said: “For candidates’ general performance by states, Ogun state has the best result as 4,766 students out of the 5,213 that sat for the exam obtained five credits and above in all subjects, representing 91.42%.

“Zamfara State records the worst result; only 24 out of the 186 candidates obtained five credits and above, representing 12.90%,” he said.